I often found myself logging in to Uptime Kuma and noticing that something had been offline for a reason or another. This has prompted me to look at a proper notification service for my homelab.

What is Pushover?

Pushover provides a notification service to your desktop, iPhone, iPad or android device. It costs just £5 per device – although you get a 30 day trial which isn’t too bad!

Lets get started

• I use an iPhone so I downloaded the app from the App Store. You’ll be prompted with a registration page so do that to register.

• Naturally, I called my device ‘iphone’
• From the https://pushover.net login page take note on your user key

• From further down the page create an application API Key

• From the new page enter your application name. For my example I’m using ‘Uptime kuma’.
• Accept the terms of service and create.

• Once created you’ll be presented with the API Key.

Uptimekuma Configuration

• From settings –> Notifications –> Setup notifications
• Enter the information below
  • Notification Type = Pushover
  • Friendly Name = I left as default
  • User key – From pushover
  • Application token – From your newly created application in pushover
  • Device = The name of your device, in my example ‘iphone’
  • Message title = Uptime Kuma Alert
  • Default enabled = ticked
  • Apply on all existing monitors = ticked

Enjoy your new notifications.